Locking grease-cup or lubricator.



T. A. WALKER.

LOCKING GREASE CUP 0R LUBRIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 191.1.

Patented July 23, 1912.

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i-TENT OFFHJE THOMAS A. WA KER, 9F EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

LOCKING GRESSELCUP (1R LUBBICATOR.

Specificatimi of Letters: Tait-iii.

Eaitented J lily 23 1912,

Sil'ilil Na. 625,156

Ami l, THOMAS A. Emma, United States, residing at (20in of Vnnderburg, and Ind ul ImprovementsinLoclzing G'TQHSQ)" ibriczitoi s, of which the fullowing i $998111 atum. "This invention objects in View, the inns, preferably device of ucz' i, airzmggal at infer ails, prel sviral disposition, and. an ariz-siiii w 111;; having One part atthe whim" member (if the, lubricup, and piovi-i ccl with a locking ph having re Pmhlv 1, :ical tip a 'la'pteil to l a slii 1;? opening 1 ml to cm- 0m ii? he lap? (ms ElfGTQ- @1100. 7 :0 rewptiou in i he (he {aiming nwmi'aor of iwzevl up to (ri or For m be: anti insuswv zigziimi. w 'ili'mlfjh vibration fifths: *hl'he luhii'icatoi' is um i. he pains bing SO a? forcing nKl'ill'lQl may iii unless the spying:

i: Prefsi'alt-ly, the spring is of the FZU'WZ (immature as l'llf nmmlaer f His iuhvivalor to which it fromivclwl'iiml is detach ably ("Ol'lllfiflfll lherelo by a in ism :icconzpzulying drawing L 15 :2 le (:leviilmii; l ig. 2. :1 VCIQ. ti) a crass; section :hi' mgh a, have im'enterl certain new i limit, hill will hi i lip i Wist. drill, 'rhe depressions being! arranged, pgeferaliily, in a general spiral im'm around the plunger and located in the beibivwn the ihreads 0f the Screw.

- hahly connected to the cup by a screw F is an an ed leaf-spring 9 of a curvw 11m? i ppmx lhal: of the exterior cl w; 23ml, 1% will lie fiat thereagainsi' al c mditions, this spring being 1; it lrae end with :1 pin hmul tin ll and adapted in projicl 1 npen .;g 12 in the cup in lime 'rimve UQiWQfill adjacent screw- AS the plunger is i'c'wei'l into the cup the tip '11 of the pin in ihc: grooves of the threads 6 until a (lepw inn 7 is encountered, whereupon ifi. snaps into the depression and locks the plungm" in thin" pusitiim,ziguinst accidental loos {P iing mm {he yibration of the machincpv, or nfhci' cause. As the grease 0r dupe is iifictl, lhe pliinlg r may be screwed up still Further Fm.- 3. W002 "ve'locking.

in I) i. l. have slmwn the :ii parts reversed. Here the screai threaded at 1 2 and l'lio lllllllglili Hwy are provided (in ihe lerinr of V item i3 and the lovking spring 15 Mill pin ll? are carried by the Cilp'Sllt'lpfll plunger l4.

Having thus: whal l vlnim limiters l' ntanii.

ln a inching: I of :11 mp m l a phm (lsscrilmrl niy invention, MW and (lvsn-o to secure liy Mhvr iaml imvii :1 :1,

ii iatii'u, turning fouls llllf imiviof will mm L' hm Iii llh'lDP its side, and an are-shaped flat leaf-spring cessively snap into the conical depressions detachably connected to the exterior of the thereof. 10 member last-named and provided on its free In testiinony whereof, I hereunto affix my part with a locking pin having a conical signature in presence of two witnesses.

5 tip, said locking pin projecting inwardly THOMAS A. WALKER.

through the opening and the conical tip be- Witnesses: ing adapted to travel'in the grooves of the W. M. WHEELER, thread of the first-named member, to suc- LELA GEIGER. 

